Γνώσεις και δεξιότητες δασκάλων Γενικής Αγωγής του Ν. Κοζάνης σε ζητήματα εκπαίδευσης των μαθητών/τριών Δημοτικού σχολείου με Ειδικές Μαθησιακές Δυσκολίες

Abstract

The purpose of the present research was to investigate the knowledge and the skills of the General Education teachers, who work in Primary schools in the prefecture of Kozani, regarding the education issues of children with Specific Learning Difficulties. The research focused on whether teachers have the guarantees to recognize the features of children with Specific Learning Difficulties, and on teachers’ knowledge on education and children’s socialization issues. The methodological approach which was chosen for the conduction of the research was the mixed one, namely the combination of a qualitative and quantitative method. For the data collection, the triangulation method was used along with two research tools, the questionnaire and the interview. The sample of the research consists of 100 Primary General Education teachers, in the prefecture of Kozani, who answered questionnaires that consisted of closed-ended questions, whereas eight of them gave supplementary interviews as well. The interviews were semi-structured, giving the chance to the researcher to ask clarifying questions, when and where it was considered necessary. From the results of the research it emerged that the majority of teachers are able to recognize most of the features of children with Learning Difficulties. It was now understood by the largest number of the General Education teachers that the low school performance and the mistakes that a lot of children make are not due to laziness or indifference, but difficulty in the cognitive-learning field.